Andy, Andy wrote:
> I am not entirely sure why my University is forwarding me junk mail > from Microsoft, I don't remember asking for it. Interesting. I went to a presentation recently about the pain we will be going through to move to Vista at our University. At the end I commented that it was the best advert for open source software I had ever seen! But a comment was made about how the University had no choice but to move to Vista and it was competitive edge, essentially. The belief is that new students expect to see the 'latest and greatest' when they come to a University and so we would be left behind if we stick with XP for too long. The other argument I hear is that we should be using the system and tools that students expect to see in the big wide world once they have graduated, and that, of course is Microsoft stuff. My argument is that if we taught our students Linux, and associated tools, then businesses would eventually move as new graduates with Linux expertise are recruited. So these are some of the reasons why some University's are so pro Microsoft. Money is also tight in many institutions so to get significant amounts of money in from anywhere is usually welcomed. Just my thoughts. Regards, Tony. -- Tony Arnold, IT Security Coordinator, University of Manchester, IT Services Division, Kilburn Building, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL. T: +44 (0)161 275 6093, F: +44 (0)870 136 1004, M: +44 (0)773 330 0039 E: [EMAIL PROTECTED], H: http://www.man.ac.uk/Tony.Arnold -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
